Faculty
Alexei Y. Kitaev
Ronald and Maxine Linde Professor of Theoretical Physics and Mathematics
Degrees and Appointments
Dipl., Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology, 1986; Ph.D., Landau Institute for Theoretical Physics, 1989. Visiting Associate, Caltech, 1998-99; Lecturer, 1998-99; Senior Research Associate, 2001-02; Professor, 2002-13; Linde Professor, 2013-.
Email: kitaev
iqi.caltech.edu
Fax: 626-568-2764
Assistant
Ann Harvey, 241 Annenberg, 626-395-4964
Research Overview
Professor Kitaev works in the field of quantum computation and related areas of theoretical physics. His main contribution was the concept of topological quantum computation, a scheme where quantum information is protected from errors due to special properties of the underlying physical system, which are generally related to topology. He currently focuses on topological classification of quantum phases (a nontrivial example being the 2-dimensional electron liquid in the quantum Hall regime).
List of Research Areas
quantum computation, topological quantum phases, anyons, topological insulators and superconductors
Research Centers
Institute for Quantum Information, Center for the Physics of Information, Center for the Mathematics of Information
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